Paul Golding

Nice to be remembered, though sadly, there’ll be no 727 2.0 Ryan.

I still have that box of DVD's 😂

Probably of little use, but you don't have the AP on by mistake do you?

Also, to be fair, this zoom thing has become more of an issue with P3D having the default at 0.30. At least FSX defaulted to 0.80, which I think is correct if you're using wideviewaspect=false. The problem is then exaggerated by developers putting their eyepoint in the wrong place and/or setting up the aircraft default view with a panoramic 0.30 zoom. First thing I do with an add-on is sort out the VC views and zooms so that I have just a handful that are useful.

In short, you should have wide view aspect true selected and use zoom of ideally 1.00 or maybe 0.90. What you referred to as the eyepoint being 0.30 is actually the zoom setting and the lower this is, the more the outside world appears to have a fishbowl effect.....everything is appearing much further away than it really is. Low zoom is great if you want panoramic views of the panel and the outside world, but, is totally unrealistic when compared with what a pilot would see. Egbert's video link is well worth a watch. Best way to see how bad these low zoom settings are is to fly an approach at 0.30 and note how quickly things seem to happen when you're on final and then repeat at 1.00. In a Cessna, this setting of 1.00 will have you feeling like finals at 70kts is slow motion....just like it is when flying for real. The other way to look at it is to ask yourself what MS could possibly have had in mind with the view zoom at 1.00....to me at least, that would be 'normal' zoom.

Like many visitors here, I should comment more............although I'm pretty lost for words to use after seeing those pics. Hopefully, just "outstanding" will do?

This repeatedly discussed water issue is the only thing stopping me moving to P3D. As I tend to fly around the UK most of the time, water is never far away. I suppose I'll just have to try it for myself though and hope that turning down the effects will make me happy. I've always thought that reflections, waves and crests were overdone in most screenshots and videos anyway, so hopefully dumbing things down to how "I" think they really look will do the trick.

That picture shows what looks like neutral/zero trim, not sure what's expected?

Well the short answer is to fly faster. The pitching up will be caused by the aircraft stalling. If you said what aircraft this happened with it would of course help you to get a more fuller answer, but the bottom line (regardless of aircraft), is insufficient speed and this is happening because either your power is too low or your rate of climb is too high.

I think the airside box thing is getting a bit out of shape as it were. I don't know what the implied, or otherwise, definition is of an 'airside box' but it certainly has little to do with what I interpret it as i.e. the flying display area.

I'm having a 'dense' moment Gerry..............what are you asking?

A display area, from the shore out for about 3/4 mile edged by Southend pier to the east and Leigh/Two Tree Island around 1 1/2 to 2 miles to the west is marked with buoys and kept clear by police launch and coastguard. Of course there is a problem with this; a shed load of cruisers and yachts line the seaward side opposite the beach, so if there's an accident out there........well it's a bit like having an accident on a road outside the display area I guess.

Whether there is the power or not Gerry, in practice this has been successfully done off Southend seafront for years.

That's exactly it Gerry. It's simply not practical to effectively fence off such a large area so that entry fee's can be collected. Until recently we had a seafront airshow here in Southend and only the first one, in 1986, attempted to charge an entry fee. After that, it was held every year for 26 years with up to 200,000 visitors on each day of the 2 day show and the costs being covered by sponsorship from local businesses. As Simon said though, the Shoreham show is far more than a flying display. Despite the very sad loss of life, I can't help thinking the new restrictions being introduced are an unnecessary kneejerk reaction to the first public deaths at an airshow in the UK since 1953. Sometimes, accidents happen and sure we should learn from them, but not by simply banning the activity.

What you actually want to see can be achieved by setting wideviewaspect=true and zoom at 1.00 so the outside world actually has thing appearing where they should be, at the right distance and with the correct perspective...............and then using a 2d panel. Funny how FS9 did some things better. Frustrating I know it is, but I've long ago accepted that the above settings, combined with putting the eyepoint in the correct place and then using the hat switch, is strangely enough, the closest thing to what you see if you were in the cockpit.